#48BC89#48BC89

#48BC89 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.129 H 161.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48BC89
RGB	rgb(72, 188, 137)
HSL	hsl(154, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(154, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 27.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -44.69, 16.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 47.58, 159.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% -0.1226 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.129 161.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1687, 39.1477, 29.8919)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48BC89 #BC487B

analogous

#48BC4F #48BC89 #48B5BC

triadic

#48BC89 #8948BC #BC8948

tetradic

#48BC89 #4F48BC #BC487B #B5BC48

square

#48BC89 #4F48BC #BC487B #B5BC48

split-complementary

#48BC89 #BC48B5 #BC4F48

monochromatic

#256549 #359269 #48BC89 #75CCA6 #A2DDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#48BC89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#48BC89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48BC89

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48BC89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48BC89	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AF86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48bc89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 188, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.129 161.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d1ab',
    500: '#48bc89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48bc89;
$custom-light: #86d1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48bc89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.621,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71588,
    "c": 0.12944,
    "h": 161.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48BC89

secondary

#CA96AD

accent

#528CD6

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #48BC89

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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